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Material Scraps?

Anyone have some material scraps they'd be willing to send me? All I need is to make a small pouch to hold my carbon fiber tent stakes (quite sharp) so I can put them in the same stuff sack with my tarp and guylines. I'm not too picky on material, just something reasonably light and durable for the sharp stakes. Any color is fine.

I have some car air bags and you are welcome to one if you want it. Car air bags are made from Vectran, the same thing that Ursack bear bags are made from. I made a food bag from the Vectran (and Kevlar) but I also made a tent stake bag with a double layer of Vectran on the bottom to keep the stakes from poking through the stake bag and puncturing something in my pack.

If you want one of the air bags, send me a PM.

“Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it." -Terry Pratchett

Call Ron at Mountain Laurel Designs and ask if you get a small piece of their 210d Spectra Grid Stop.

For the bottom of stake bags that stuff is really, really good. Especially for sharp stakes.

If you have wire or nail like stakes another good method that I like even better is to use tubular webbing. Nylon or polyester is good. A diameter that fits tight around the stakes and is about 1/4" shorter than the stakes works really well. Cut to length, seal the ends. Seal one end closed and one end open. If the diameter is small enough that the stakes fit tight, they will not fall out of the webbing and the tight fit prevents the sharp points from poking through. I like either 1/2" or 1" diameter tubular webbing.